Comments on: The Last days of Rocketship http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:42:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: darrylayo http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52201 darrylayo Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:44:44 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52201 I haven't talked to a SINGLE SOUL who is "angry" at Alex and Mary for leaving the biz. It is their choice. Their lives. Listen to yourself: you think that, in order to satisfy your own personally-formed impression of "interpersonal relationships," the owners of Rocketship should have sought out buyers, possibly financially risked extending their lease in their own names just to transfer said lease to....*SOMEBODY*...just so that the store can remain open for a little while longer? Do you realize how crazy that sounds? Their lease is up. They don't want to be in the business any more. They're not going to renew the lease just to *attempt* to transfer it to somebody who may not even exist to potentially pick up the reins. That's just....I'm sorry Heidi, I'm ruining your nice website. And let's be reality; Bergen Street Comics is just up the way. Brooklyn will have comics. I haven’t talked to a SINGLE SOUL who is “angry” at Alex and Mary for leaving the biz. It is their choice. Their lives.

Listen to yourself: you think that, in order to satisfy your own personally-formed impression of “interpersonal relationships,” the owners of Rocketship should have sought out buyers, possibly financially risked extending their lease in their own names just to transfer said lease to….*SOMEBODY*…just so that the store can remain open for a little while longer? Do you realize how crazy that sounds? Their lease is up. They don’t want to be in the business any more. They’re not going to renew the lease just to *attempt* to transfer it to somebody who may not even exist to potentially pick up the reins. That’s just….I’m sorry Heidi, I’m ruining your nice website.

And let’s be reality; Bergen Street Comics is just up the way. Brooklyn will have comics.

]]> By: Michael Buckley http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52200 Michael Buckley Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:43:45 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52200 Sell the business? Do you know what it takes to run a comic shop? The overhead is nothing short of outrageous. Cox got 50% on a book which is a nice take but if he over-ordered, well - he had to eat those books. He couldn't send them back. He could literally find himself in the hole even if he had an awesome week. And he had to do that every week all year long. It's a true wonder he could keep it open as long as he could and this thought that someone else would just stroll in and buy it is comical. I'm sure if there was someone out there that wanted it Alex would have been all ears. Any of you guys ready to take over the lease in a part of town with skyrocketing rent? Personally, I'm happy for the guy. There's nothing selfish about wanting to try something new. Sell the business? Do you know what it takes to run a comic shop? The overhead is nothing short of outrageous. Cox got 50% on a book which is a nice take but if he over-ordered, well – he had to eat those books. He couldn’t send them back. He could literally find himself in the hole even if he had an awesome week. And he had to do that every week all year long. It’s a true wonder he could keep it open as long as he could and this thought that someone else would just stroll in and buy it is comical. I’m sure if there was someone out there that wanted it Alex would have been all ears. Any of you guys ready to take over the lease in a part of town with skyrocketing rent? Personally, I’m happy for the guy. There’s nothing selfish about wanting to try something new.

]]> By: Charles Martin http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52189 Charles Martin Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:39:57 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52189 "Christ, what a sense of entitlement." Christ, what a stunted concept of interpersonal relationships. When customers *support a store*, giving the owner a chance to actually make a living doing something "great", does the store owner owe them nothing at all in return for that? No one demanded that Cox keep running it if he doesn't want to any more, only wondering why he couldn't give equal consideration in return to his customers and sell the business to keep it open instead of just dumping them like an asshole ex-boyfriend saying "it was fun, but I'm over you, so bye". “Christ, what a sense of entitlement.”

Christ, what a stunted concept of interpersonal relationships.

When customers *support a store*, giving the owner a chance to actually make a living doing something “great”, does the store owner owe them nothing at all in return for that? No one demanded that Cox keep running it if he doesn’t want to any more, only wondering why he couldn’t give equal consideration in return to his customers and sell the business to keep it open instead of just dumping them like an asshole ex-boyfriend saying “it was fun, but I’m over you, so bye”.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52160 Christopher Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:52:26 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52160 Rocketship was a great store but the legacy is being carried on by places like Bergen Street Comics. Rocketship was a great store but the legacy is being carried on by places like Bergen Street Comics.

]]> By: Calvin Reid http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52158 Calvin Reid Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:09:52 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52158 Thanks to Alex and his Rocketship co-owenr for running a great store and making it a platform for comics in the neighborhood and beyond. Rocketship was a terrific example of a new wave comics bookstore and there are and will be more stores like it. Rocketship Lives!!! Thanks to Alex and his Rocketship co-owenr for running a great store and making it a platform for comics in the neighborhood and beyond. Rocketship was a terrific example of a new wave comics bookstore and there are and will be more stores like it. Rocketship Lives!!!

]]> By: Charles Knight http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52152 Charles Knight Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:14:49 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52152 "So it’s a less beautiful world when the consideration is one-sided, as seems to be here." Christ, what a sense of entitlement. “So it’s a less beautiful world when the consideration is one-sided, as seems to be here.”

Christ, what a sense of entitlement.

]]> By: Charles Martin http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52140 Charles Martin Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:49:08 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52140 So it's a less beautiful world when the consideration is one-sided, as seems to be here. So it’s a less beautiful world when the consideration is one-sided, as seems to be here.

]]> By: darrylayo http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52124 darrylayo Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:55:11 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52124 Rocketship, the originator of Brooklyn style of comics! To the previous commentor: it's a beautiful world when we allow the people that we love to live their lives in a way that makes them happy. It's a beautiful world when others afford us the same. Weep not for comics in Brooklyn, Kings County will be okay! :-) Rocketship, the originator of Brooklyn style of comics!

To the previous commentor: it’s a beautiful world when we allow the people that we love to live their lives in a way that makes them happy. It’s a beautiful world when others afford us the same.

Weep not for comics in Brooklyn, Kings County will be okay!

:-)

]]> By: bogartist@aol.com http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52119 bogartist@aol.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:40:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52119 I'm sure they're a great couple of guys, but if I were a loyal customer, I'd feel a little angry about the closing. Was there no possibility the store could be sold to new owners? Owners who might happily carry on? I’m sure they’re a great couple of guys, but if I were a loyal customer, I’d feel a little angry about the closing.
Was there no possibility the store could be sold to new owners? Owners who might happily carry on?

]]> By: BradAlmanac http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52112 BradAlmanac Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:14:45 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52112 Much thanks to the Rocketship crew for doing what they did so well. I don't live in NYC, so I'm very grateful I was able to shop there a couple times during visits. Best of luck in whatever you guys do next. Much thanks to the Rocketship crew for doing what they did so well. I don’t live in NYC, so I’m very grateful I was able to shop there a couple times during visits. Best of luck in whatever you guys do next.

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52097 Torsten Adair Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:27:27 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/07/29/the-last-days-of-rocketship/#comment-52097 Thanks for the signings, the wonderful space and selection, and for proving that such a store could exist and thrive. Thanks for the signings, the wonderful space and selection, and for proving that such a store could exist and thrive.

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